Discussion Delightful bird whose distinctive crest and soft-looking orange-buff plumage make it easy to recognize, although confusion with scarcer and much less widespread (in east) Bohemian Waxwing is always a possibility. Use differences in structure and plumage color to distinguish between the two: Cedar's plumage is warmer looking overall (orange-buff, not pinkish and so gray), undertail coverts are white (not chestnut), and its dark wings are almost unmarked. Forms roving flocks outside breeding season that search for berry trees and bushes and strip them before moving on to the next source of food. In flight, silhouette resembles a Starling. Sexes are similar.